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Mr. Md Masood Karim Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Government and Secretary of National Sports Council giving speech as a chief guest in the inauguration ceremony of the Begum Laila Alam 9th FIDE Rating Women’s Chess Tournament-2018

FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman tied for runner-up position in the 26th Edition of the Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship-2018 which was held at Gorky Sadan, in Kolkata in India. FM Fhad and other 5 players earned 7½ points each after end of the 9th or last round games. In tie-breaking system FM Fahad became 5th. Tahsin Tajwar Zia became 15th with 6½ points. Manon Reja Neer earned 5½ points and became champion in Under-8 age group. Mahfuzur Rahman Saif became 124th with 4½ points and Syed Ridwan became 240th with 3 points. Srijit Paul of India became unbeaten champion with 8½ points. Total 287 players from Bangladesh, India and Nepal participated in the event.

GM Ziaur Rahman of SAIF Sporting Club became Runner-up in the 16th Delhi Open International Rating Chess Tournament which was held at New Delhi in India. GM Zia earned 8 points out of 10 games to became runner-up in the event where total 27 Grandmasters participated. GM Naiditsch Arkadij of Azerbaijan became unbeaten champion in the event. Total 265 players from 24 countries including 27 grandmasters, 1 woman grandmaster, 24 International Masters and 5 women international Masters participated in the event.